The Jackson Generals lost their playoff hockey game this morning. That's it. We are one and done. I don't think the team should have any regrets. They played hard all season. We suffered from injuries rendering our bench too short for most games. But they scrapped and they fought and there were no blowouts. Most of her games were decided by a goal or two.
Watching a bunch of kids become a team is a wonderful experience. They learn what it is trust each other. They learn to make accommodations for each other's shortcomings. They learn how to work with the concept of friendship. It is hard to say what in the chemistry of this group of kids made it. Still it was very special.
My boy Moose has left the pool and gone search of his teammates. The ripples in the water are calming now and it's becoming a glassy surface. After one last game tomorrow the season will be over. The experience of this year will be like the surface of the pool. The agitation in the waves and ripples will disappear and the surface of water will become flat. It will be almost as if it never happened.
The totality of our lives are just like that. In 50 years none of this will make any difference but in a very Zen way it's okay to smile today.
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